Preface
People are products of nature, and people's birth, old age, sickness and death are all natural laws. When a person encounters a serious illness, faces the test of death, and faces extreme difficulties, everyone has a different mental state when facing this test in what spirit to face. I often say to some people who are in poor health or are sick: "Don't be afraid of being sick. Whether you are afraid or not, you always have to face it. If you are braver, the disease may retreat, and you may create miracles."
Sometimes I will use the successful examples of optimism and defeating cancer around me to inspire the courage of sick friends. However, not everyone can persuade them. So, I want to introduce my own experience in a death test to my friends, which may be inspiring to them.
This article on the death test has a large amount of text, from illness to cure, the full text is more than 12,000 words and will be published in installments.
Part 1: Suddenly I found a foreign object growing in my chest
March 8, 15:00
Today is International Women's Day . To celebrate this festival, the school organized a tug of war competition for teachers and staff. Because of my strength, Wang Fu, a member of the opponent's competition, deliberately hijacked the bad water and tied one end of the rope to a rotten tree stump in front of the second floor. Unexpectedly, our people were united and not only won, but also pulled out the rotten tree stump. After the competition, I felt so stuffy about my chest, so I rode my bicycle to the city hospital.
I explained the condition to the doctor and went for an X-ray. Unexpectedly, after filming the film, the doctor said, "It's too late today, the shooting is not good. You come back tomorrow and change the machine to shoot. However, you'd better let your family come together."
I felt a little moved and went to the department director. Because I worked in a medical school back then, I knew most of the doctors in the hospital. I said to the department director: "Tell the doctor, don't be careless with me. If you want any family members, give me the results immediately." The department director of the department director of the department said: "Teacher Chen, I really can't confirm the result of today's film. I'll ask you to change the machine tomorrow to check it. But today's film does show that there is something in your chest and needs further examination and confirmation."
March 9, 1987 9:00
Today, I took leave and did not go to work, so I went to the city hospital to take a new film. The result was soon. After examination, it was confirmed that there was a tumor in the left chest near the heart, which had a smooth appearance and was about the size of an egg yolk.
I took X-rays and rode my bike to the city center hospital again. I know all the doctors in the X-ray room there, and it is said that there are new equipment. I found Dr. Meng, gave him the X-ray from the city hospital, and asked him to ask the department director and experienced doctor to check it out for me again. The equipment here is indeed much more advanced, and you can directly observe the tumors in my body on a color screen. Dr. Meng turned the small screen in my direction. I could see the condition in my chest on my face. Not far from my heart, a tumor was beating with my heart. The director of the department of
immediately brought in several authoritative doctors from the hospital. After a few doctors consulted, they said, "Teacher Chen, your situation is not optimistic. Tonghua cannot be cured. It is best to go to the provincial capital to go to a large hospital for examination and treatment."
I did not hesitate. After returning to the municipal hospital and issued a transfer treatment form, I went to the Municipal Health Bureau again. After submitting the examination results, they were asked to issue a letter of introduction and approved my referral to the provincial hospital. At that time, public medical referral to the provincial hospital must be approved by the Municipal Health Bureau.
When I was sleeping at night, I said to my wife: "The school just assigned us a house. Life has improved a lot. Let's get divorced. I don't want anything, just raise the child."
My wife felt strange. She cried and asked me why. At first I didn't want to say it, but in the end I couldn't hide it, so I showed her the medical record. That night, my wife did not sleep and shed tears all night. Finally, she said to me: "Divorce is impossible. If you have an accident, I have to accept reality.”
March 10, 1987 9:00
reported my condition to the principal this morning, and I said, “I will arrange my work and arrange my family’s life. I will go to Changchun to have an examination. I will come back after the provincial hospital determines the treatment plan. "The principal of
agreed to my application and granted me 1,000 yuan, asking me to leave for Changchun. I asked the Academic Affairs Department to explain my coursework to Wu Yunpeng who came to our school from the School of Education to , after internship with me. When I got home, I explained the situation to my wife. My father-in-law wrote me another letter, asking me to find Ren Anqi, who was the director of the provincial hospital at the time, and asked him to help. Ren Anqi once served as a leader for my father-in-law in the army, and the two had a good relationship.
March 11 to 17, 1987
came to the provincial hospital on March 11, and all the wards were full. At that time, there were few hospitals and many patients. It took a while to be hospitalized. Because of Ren Anqi's care, the surgery department added a bed in the corridor, and I was finally hospitalized.
For a week, the doctor repeatedly checked me, and no one could determine what was in my chest. Some doctors suspected it was an arterial hemangioma, and some doctors suspected it was a malignant tumor of the mediastinum. The department director said to me: "Teacher Chen, our opinion tends to be an arterial hemangioma. If the operation is performed, artificial blood vessels need to be replaced. But the risk is too great, even if the operation is successful, it is difficult to ensure your quality of life after surgery, and the situation of failure of the operation is very large. If it is an anterior mediastinal tumor, the possibility of malignancy is also very high. The surgery requires the longitudinal section of your anterior sternum to be removed before the tumor can be removed. If the section test is malignant, chemotherapy will be required in the future. The postoperative survival rate of this disease is up to three to five years. "
On March 15, a doctor who was studying abroad in the surgery department returned. After hearing about my case, he went to the hospital bed in the corridor to check me in the next day. When he saw that my bed was full of legal books, he was surprised. He asked, "You patient, who is here in the hospital to undergo major surgery, why do you still bring so many books? ”
I smiled and said, “I am taking the self-study exam with my second academic qualification. I will take the exam on April 20th, and I am reviewing. It is estimated that the treatment will take about ten days, so lying on the hospital bed to study and treat the disease without delay. ”
The doctor nodded and said, “Your spirit is very touching, but I will tell you. Your disease cannot be cured in the provincial hospital. Although I just came back, my opinion on your illness is a tumor. Benevolent or malignant, and it needs to be confirmed after surgical resection and section test. Because the tumor is not in good condition, we cannot give you surgery easily. ”
After listening to the doctor’s words, I asked, “Where is there any hope? "
The doctor looked at me and said, "I can only go to Beijing or Shanghai, their medical skills are high. However, Dr. Anzhen from Beijing has a professor Chen Yuping who is very good at thoracic surgery and is also a doctor who has studied abroad. If you can find him, maybe there is hope. ”
Another doctor said: “Chen Weiguo, I have seen you are not afraid of getting sick these days. Let me say something to you, think it is easier to enjoy when you go home, treat it when you can, and accept reality if you can't. ”
I smiled and said, “Please rest assured. The biggest characteristic of me is that I am not afraid of anything, what is life or death, and no one can resist the natural laws. But since Beijing and Shanghai still have hope, why don’t I fight for it? Please issue a transfer order for me immediately, and I will go to the Provincial Health Department now. "
On the morning of March 17, I completed the discharge procedures, came to the Public Fund Office of the Provincial Health Department, explained the situation to the staff, and asked them to prescribe the procedures for me to go to Beijing for treatment. After hearing what I said, the staff handled the procedures for me very happily. He said, "You are an exception. You don't have to go back to the Tonghua Municipal Health Bureau to issue a certificate. You can go directly to Beijing. ”
is not finished, to be continued.
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